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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
TO MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH
26 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER 2017
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Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)
- Multimedia
- Missal for the Apostolic Journey
- Video message of the Holy Father on the eve of the Apostolic Journey to Myanmar
- Video message of the Holy Father on the eve of the Apostolic Journey to Bangladesh
- Photo Gallery
Sunday 26 November 2017
| 21.40 | Departure by plane from Rome/Fiumicino Airport for Yangon |
| Greeting to journalists on the flight to Myanmar |
Monday 27 November 2017
| 13.30 | Arrival at Yangon International Airport |
| Official welcome |
Tuesday 28 November 2017
| 14.00 | Departure by plane for Nay Pyi Taw |
| 15.10 | Arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport |
| Official welcome | |
| 15.50 | Welcome ceremony in the Presidential Palace |
| 16.00 | Courtesy visit to the President |
| 16.30 | Meeting with the State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 17.15 | Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the International Convention Centre |
| 18.20 | Departure by plane for Yangon |
| 19.25 | Arrival at the Airport in Yangon and transfer to the Archbishop’s House |
Wednesday 29 November 2017
| 8.30 | Holy Mass in the Kyaikkasan Ground |
| 16.15 | Meeting with the Supreme “Sangha” Council of Buddhist Monks in Kaba Aye Centre |
| 17.15 | Meeting with the Bishops of Myanmar in a hall of St Mary’s Cathedral |
Thursday 30 November 2017
| 10.15 | Holy Mass with the youth in St Mary’s Cathedral |
| 12.45 | Official farewell in Yangon International Airport |
| 13.05 | Departure by plane for Dhaka |
| 15.00 | Arrival at Dhaka International Airport |
| Welcome ceremony | |
| 16.00 | Visit to the National Martyr’s Memorial of Savar |
| 16.45 | Homage to the Father of the Nation in Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and signing of the Book of Honour |
| 17.30 | Courtesy visit to the President in the Presidential Palace |
| 18.00 | Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Presidential Palace |
Friday 1 December 2017
| 10.00 | Holy Mass and priestly ordination in Suhrawardy Udyan Park |
| 15.20 | Visit of the Prime Minister in the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 16.00 | Visit to the Cathedral |
| 16.15 | Meeting with the Bishops of Bangladesh in the Home for elderly priests |
| 17.00 | Interreligious and Ecumenical Meeting for peace in the garden of the Archbishop’s House |
Saturday 2 December 2017
| 10.00 | Private visit to Tejgaon Mother Theresa House |
| 10.45 | Meeting with Priests, Religious and Consecrated Men and Women, Seminarians and Novices in the Church of the Holy Rosary |
| 11.45 | Visit to the Parish Cemetery and to the ancient Church of the Holy Rosary |
| 15.20 | Meeting with the youth in Notre Dame College in Dhaka |
| 16.45 | Official farewell in Dhaka International Airport |
| 17.05 | Departure by plane for Rome/Fiumicino |
| Press Conference on the return flight from Bangladesh | |
| 23.00 | Arrival in Rome/Fiumicino |
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| Time zones | |
| Rome: | + 1h UTC |
| Yangon: | + 6h 30 UTC |
| Nay Pyi Taw: | + 6h 30 UTC |
| Dhaka: | + 6h UTC |
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